The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-02
AUGUSTA 0UT0F DANGER
THE WATER RECEDING AND THE
SKY CLEARING UP.

Railroads at Standstill.
AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. The waters are
rapidly recedng and all danger is now
over. The mills will start up tomorrow or
the day after Cellars are being cleaned.
The streets, with four exceptions, are dry
from water, and the town has settled down
to business again. Since the food has gone
down it develops that the loss to the city
and the suffering are not rs great us was
first thought. Subscription lists have been
opened and the Council appropriated $1,000
for the relief of the poor, so the suffering
will not be great.
THE BREAK IN THE CANAL.
The break in the third level of the canal
is now forty feet wide, but is not doing
much damage. The banks of the main
canal with its immense volume of water,
are shaky. Large forces of hands are at
are now coming down the river and the
damage in the up-country seems to have
been enormous.
LEFT UNBURIED.
An instance has come to light where
woman who died Saturday night has not
been buried, the water preventing the
corpse from being taken to the burial
grounds. The greatest damage has been
done to gardens and truck farmers in the
northern part of the city. The people in
that section of the city are not yet able to
return TO their homes and are cooking in
boats or garrets.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Augusta has narrowly escaped a great
calamity. More than three-fourths of the
city was covered with water from one to six
feet deep. The greatest damage is to streets
and sewers, and not much to property in the
city. Some industries suffered, and there
will be loss from the stopping of mills,
but it is impossible to estimate the loss to
the different interests. The city will be the
greatest loser in the damage to the canal
and the streets. The water is receding
rapidly from the main streets, except upper
Greene street, where break occurred in
the third level of the canal The business
portion of the city was not flooded at all.
FEAR ALLAYED.
All fear has disappeared, and everyone
is thankful that there has been no loss of
life and comparatively small damage to
property, when the extent of the calamity
threatened is considered. All day Sunday
the inundated portions of the city were
navigated by boats. Ferries were estab-
lished at the street corners, and boatmen
did profitable business in rowing citizens
from one part to another.
FAVORABLE INDICATIONS.
The indications now are favorable. Clouds
have disappeared and pleasant breeze pro-
walls, which will soon dry up the streets,
There has been no interruption OF business
except with factories and shops. Trains
are interrupted by washouts. but will soon
resume their schedules on all roads.
The loss will not exceed $4,000. The
damage to the canal is not as great as was
at first reported. The heavy rains have
beaten cotton into the ground on the up
lands and the corn and cotton crops in the
bottom lands have been ruined Some
counties report the damage to crops at $780,
600, but it is impossible TO estimate the loss,
so great and general has been the damage
to growing crops.
STILL RAINING AROUND ATHENS.
ATHENS, GA, Aug. 1.-The hard rains
continued yesterday and to-day, doing con-
siderable damage to property. The bridges
over the rivers around Athens are held i'll
their places by means of large ropes, huge
props and removing from the bridges such
pieces of timber as are necessary. Reports
from the country continue to arrive an
nouncng fearful damage to corn and cot
ton. The towns of Watkinsville and High
Shoals are completely cut off from their
neighbors, as the last bridge was washed
away this morning. On Sandy creek, near
Athens, three bridges have been washed
away within the last two days. The river
at Athens is higher than it has been
known for years, and tonight is rising at the
rate of three inches an hour. A hard,
steady rain has been falling all day, and
thick, black clouds are gathering III the
sky to night. The people living on the
river banks have vacated their houses, and
if the water continues to rise much more it
siderable drift wood is coming down the
river and falling with great force upon the
weak bridge
MORGAN'S HEAVY LOSSES.
MADISON, Ga, Aug. 1.-Cireat damage
and destruction to crops and property gen
orally has been caused by the heavy rains
that have fallen within the past week. All
the bridges in the county, together with the
Heads mill on the Apalachee river have
been swept away. II will take thousands of
dollars to repair the losses sustained The
trains, ON the Georgia railroad were sus-
pended until the road could he repaired
Madison has had no mails since Friday. 1t
is raining and there seems but little pros
pect Of it clearing off soon. Trains from
the East will begin running to-day.
GREAT DAMAGE IN PUTNAM.
EAToNToN, GA, Aug. 1.-The greatest |
damage ever done TO property in this county |
by high water Is being reported from the |
rains OF the last four days. Ii has been |
raining here since last Friday, but to-day |
and Sunday there was not so much. The |
clouds are still low and threatening. The |
damage, as far as can be heard from, Is |
about as follows: The mill of Mrs. William |
Marshall and the bridge at that point on |
Little river were swept away. This bridge |
cost the county 1000 not long ago.
Col. X. G. Numbers mill is also gone, to |
gether with large amount Of corn and |
meal.
The mill of w. s. Griffin wns also swept |
away, He estimates his loss at 81 800 ex- |
elusive of the damage TO his crop
The crops on the Little river, from its |
source 10 the end, are total loss. A trans |
fer is being used at Little river bridge, as |
several bcnts are gone and the bridge is in |
a very unsafe condition. 1t will be Wednes-
day before train can cross IL. IL is inn |
possible 10 learn all the damage done on |
Oconee river, but II is gseat. The water in |
Little river Is twelve feet higher than in |
the Harrison freshot OF 1910. The loss TO |
the county is estimated at 100000. On ac-
count of the floods the reunion or the Third |
Georgia regiment is postponed TO Aug. 81
and Sept j.
THE RISE AT TENNILLE.
TExSILLE, Ca, Aug. 1.-The Oconee
river Is higher ot Dublin than was ever
known. The river Is a mile wide. The
splendid drawblidge, just completed az a
cost OF several thousand dollars, has been |
swept away Many people We're standing on